Attachment to Outcome

As healers one of the most difficult things to let go of is "Attachment to Outcome". We do this work because we want to make a difference, we want to help, we want to see people move to a state of health and release their pain and suffering.

We cannot do those things for them. They have to do it for themselves. They are responsible for their own healing, their own health. All we can do is set the stage for them to succeed, create the conditions for them to heal themselves; the work of healing is theirs.

Why do some people heal and others with the same conditions do not? I think that some people are so identified with their condition and their pain that they sub consciously think that if their condition disappears so will they! They are pain and pain is them. Other people control those around them by having them answer every whim because they are so ill. Their family and loved ones tip toe around them, doing their bidding so as not to disturb them.

Each of us can only change ourselves, nothing more. But, an interesting thing happens when we change ourselves - we change our world. There really is no "Out There". It is all in here. So, when we change "In Here", "Out There" changes as well.

So, don't get trapped in attachment to outcome. That is a trap of the ego. Let it go, do your own inner work, change yourself, change your world and teach others to do the same. The outcomes will follow.